592,610 Pieces of a Victor Bomber — But Not the One That Mattered
TheBluebirdProject
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In 1959, an experimental Handley Page Victor vanished over the Irish Sea. What followed became one of the most extraordinary aircraft recovery operations ever attempted.
Fishermen, engineers and accident investigators eventually recovered 592,610 pieces of the missing aircraft — enough to work out what had happened. But the one piece that might have proved their theory beyond doubt was never found.
This is the story of Victor XH668 — and the extraordinary people who fished an aeroplane out of the sea to discover why it crashed.
00:00 Where'd it go?
04:11 Hunting a Ghost
15:44 Fishing for an aeroplane
24:40 Solving the puzzle
#HandleyPageVictor #AviationHistory #AirCrashInvestigation
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Great video - my friend you make YouTube a really cracking place thanks for tonight’s infotainment 😊
RIP to the airmen.
592,610 Pieces of a Victor Bomber — But Not the One That Mattered
TheBluebirdProject
27,085 views
In 1959, an experimental Handley Page Victor vanished over the Irish Sea. What followed became one of the most extraordinary aircraft recovery operations ever attempted.
Fishermen, engineers and accident investigators eventually recovered 592,610 pieces of the missing aircraft — enough to work out what had happened. But the one piece that might have proved their theory beyond doubt was never found.
This is the story of Victor XH668 — and the extraordinary people who fished an aeroplane out of the sea to discover why it crashed.
00:00 Where'd it go?
04:11 Hunting a Ghost
15:44 Fishing for an aeroplane
24:40 Solving the puzzle
#HandleyPageVictor #AviationHistory #AirCrashInvestigation